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Amit Shah

Amit Shah

DOB: 22/10/1964

Amit Shah is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been the Union Home Minister since 2019. He has also been serving as the Union Minister of Co-operation since 2021. Shah was the president of the BJP from 2014 to 2020. He has been a Lok Sabha member from the Gandhinagar constituency of Gujarat since 2019. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Shah won the Gandhinagar seat by defeating Congress candidate Dr CJ Chavda with a margin of 5,57,014 votes. He was the Minister of State for Home, Law and Justice, Prison, Border Security, Civil Defence, Excise, Home Guards, Transport, Prohibition, Gram Rakshak Dal, Police Housing, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs in Gujarat in the Narendra Modi-led government from 2002 to 2012. Shah won the Sarkhej Assembly constituency in Gujarat in 1997 (bypoll), 1998, 2002 and 2007. He also represented the Naranpura Assembly seat from 2012 to 2017. Shah also served as the Rajya Sabha member from 2017 to 2019. Amit Shah is again contesting from the Gandhinagar constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

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Modi, Shah tear into the Opposition

Jan 23, 2019, 06:42 AM IST

Shah also mocked at the prime ministerial ambitions of the various opposition leaders present at the Brigade Parade Ground rally.  

BJP president Amit Shah at Malda rally TMC Mamata Banerjee

Amit Shah sounds poll bugle in Bengal, says LS polls will be for restoring democracy in state

Jan 22, 2019, 11:28 PM IST

In his first public rally after recovering from swine flu, Amit Shah slammed Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government and said it would bite the bust in the 2019 general elections.

BJP chief Amit Shah to sound poll bugle at Malda rally today

WB: BJP chief Amit Shah to sound poll bugle at Malda rally today

Jan 22, 2019, 10:32 AM IST

Malda district BJP president Sanjit Mishra said Shah will land at Bagdogra airport from where he will take a helicopter to Malda. He would reach Narayanpur, where a temporary helipad has been constructed for landing of his helicopter.

Lok Sabha elections 2019

For Lok Sabha elections 2019, Amit Shah to kick-start BJP's Bengal campaign with rally in border-district Malda

Jan 22, 2019, 06:51 AM IST

Over the last few years, the BJP has emerged as the main opposition in the state with a significant show in rural polls and by-elections.  

Shah, who has just recovered from swine flu, is scheduled

Amit Shah chopper landing row: BJP, West Bengal govt trade barbs

India | Jan 21, 2019, 11:42 PM IST

Shah, who has just recovered from swine flu, is scheduled to address a rally in Malda on Tuesday.

BJP chief Amit Shah.

BJP committed to restore West Bengal's pride which is ruined by Mamata's 'politics of appeasement': Amit Shah

Jan 21, 2019, 09:23 PM IST

  The BJP has previously accused the state government of putting hurdles in the political programmes of its top leaders, including Shah, by denying or delaying permission for holding them.

 
State BJP leaders feel Shah's rallies will help the

2019 Lok Sabha Elections: Amit Shah to kick-off his poll blitzkrieg in West Bengal on Wednesday

Jan 21, 2019, 08:33 PM IST

State BJP leaders feel Shah's rallies will help the party give a "befitting reply" to the Trinamool Congress' January 19 mega show.

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West Bengal govt denies permission to Amit Shah to land chopper at Malda airstrip

India | Jan 21, 2019, 02:09 PM IST

Last week, the BJP had submitted a fresh application before the government, seeking permission to hold a ‘Ganatantra Bachao Yatra’, after it failed to get clearance from the Supreme Court for its proposed rath yatra.

BJP President Amit Shah, suffering from swine flu, discharged from AIIMS Delhi

BJP President Amit Shah discharged from AIIMS after swine flu treatment

India | Jan 20, 2019, 12:26 PM IST

BJP President Amit Shah has been discharged from AIIMS Delhi where he was admitted for his treatment of swine flu, BJP leader Anil Baluni told media.

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'Amit Shah has got fever due to panic': Congress leader mocks BJP Chief over Karnataka political crisis

Politics | Jan 17, 2019, 05:04 PM IST

"Amit Shah has got fever due to panic. He panicked as some MLAs (of the Congress) have come back. If he topples the Congress-JD(S) government, then he will have vomitting and loose motions. That is why he got swine fever," he said at a party event.

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Amit Shah doing well, will be discharged in a day or two: BJP

India | Jan 17, 2019, 12:39 PM IST

A team of doctors are monitoring his condition under the supervision of AIIMS director Randeep Guleria.

BJP chief Amit Shah suffers from swine flue, shares health update on social media

BJP chief Amit Shah admitted to AIIMS for swine flu treatment

India | Jan 16, 2019, 11:09 PM IST

BJP president Amit Shah took to Twitter to inform that he is suffering from H1N1 flu is also known as swine flu.

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Senior BJP leaders to hold press conferences across 50 places from today to spread PM Modi’s messages

Politics | Jan 16, 2019, 09:51 AM IST

The BJP leaders will use these press conferences to spread the messages given by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and party’s national president Amit Shah during the National Convention organised recently at historic Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.

Lok Sabha elections 2019, Arvind Kejriwal

LS polls 2019 | Modi-Shah biggest threat to country: Arvind Kejriwal

Jan 15, 2019, 08:32 AM IST

Speaking on the occasion, AAP leader Gopal Rai said: "The Congress has no presence in Delhi. Only AAP is capable of defeating the BJP in the upcoming elections."

Amit Shah at BJP council meeting

BJP wants Ram temple at earliest, Congress creating hurdles: Shah at BJP convention | Key Points

Jan 11, 2019, 11:16 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chief ministers of BJP ruled states were among those attending the important event ahead of the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.

BJP president Amit Shah

Lok Sabha polls battle of ideologies; opposition has come together merely for power: Amit Shah

India | Jan 11, 2019, 08:53 PM IST

The Lok Sabha elections will be a battle of two ideologies, BJP president Amit Shah said on Friday, asserting his party stands for cultural nationalism and development of poor, while the rivals have come together merely for power.

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Amit Shah at BJP National Council meet: ‘Modi govt fulfilled dreams of youths with 10% quota for gen category poor'

India | Jan 11, 2019, 06:50 PM IST

The BJP chief described the constitution amendment bill as one of the most important legislations passed by Parliament.

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Rahul Gandhi making allegations of corruption in Rafale deal without proof: Amit Shah at BJP national council meet

India | Jan 11, 2019, 05:55 PM IST

The party has invited its all elected members, ranging from those in local elections to its MPs, besides organisational leaders from across the country, for the meeting.

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10 per cent quota Modi govt's gift to youths from poor families: Amit Shah

India | Jan 08, 2019, 09:09 PM IST

The decision to give 10 per cent reservation to poor youths from general category will open a door for their golden future, Amit Shah said. 

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Amit Shah’s veiled warning to Shiv Sena: BJP will defeat ex-allies if there is no tie-up

India | Jan 07, 2019, 12:58 PM IST

Speaking before Shah, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis said, "The party president will decide what to do with the Shiv Sena and the proposed alliance. But the BJP should aim to win 40 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state."

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